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Sunday, May 03, 2009

One wonderful day...

We did it! Yesterday was the walk to support the Animal Humane Society - with a stunning weather forecast, they were expecting over 7,000 people to come! Care to indulge me while we forgo our typical food post and take a visual a trip through our day?

Right after we arrived at the registration area, we came upon this giant bone that Gus wanted to try and tackle, but we convinced him that it was just too big for his little self. A little annoyed, he settled for a picture!

While the sun was shining its warm rays down, the air was still fairly chilly this early in the morning... however, we were given these snazzy hooded sweatshirts since you guys helped us cross over the $1000 mark for Team Gus!

So, who was one of the lucky doggies that got to meet Gus for the first time?

That's one big dog in a tutu! I wish I could have heard what was going on in our tiny pups head when this giant was lookin' back at him.

So, while we had the big guys dressed in their best duds, the tiny ones were also showing off the latest fashions as well!

Now, this is the Animal Humane Society after all, so there wasn't just dogs here... we then spotted this cutie.

Who was quickly out done by this buggy full of bunnies!

So, now we've got dogs and bunnies... what else?

A couple of horses of course! And then?

This couple not only had two dogs, but a bunch of beautiful birds along for the long walk! There were also rats (! and not very photogenic I might add), a couple snakes, a gaggle of ferrets (literally) in a stroller, a few lizards and I heard later on there was even a wallaby there, but we didn't get to see it.

A couple of friends, Dawn and Chad, joined us for the walk and Gus made a new buddy! Look at these two...

What a pair! Gus is already asking to have a play date with his new long-haired friend, Diego.

A little further down the road on the walk, we came upon this guy who had it made!

Gus was jealous for a minute, but then moved on to see what else was up ahead. Was that such a bright idea? Next in line was this guy...

Yep, there were several goats there too! Lots of dogs tried to go say hello, but none of the goats wanted to reciprocate! Goats like to buck and boy did they show it today!

At the halfway point, we saw several pups who decided they had enough with the trotting and decided it was a fine time for a long break...

After we were done walking, we took a trip through the "bone yard" so Gus could snatch a treat.

But, they only give you 45 seconds to grab one and the humans can't help! Sadly, he was too overwhelmed and couldn't make up his mind on what looked the best! The volunteers did give him a small treat for trying though!

When we finally got home, Gus, who walked almost the entire 5 miles with his bud, grabbed his favorite chew toy, crawled halfway up the stairs into his sunny spot and quickly zonked out with thoughts of all his new friends he got to play with today!

And with that, let me end with this sign at the walk that says it all to every one of you that helped support this well deserved cause!

I looked for you on tv! We flew into MN for my son's graduation from vet school and were watching tv in the hotel. Lo and behold there was the walk. Looked to see if we could see you and Gus but no such luck. Did see the wallaby though:)

It was a beautiful day for a walk and also for the newest veterinarians to graduate!